Singapore Limits Taiwan Travel; U.S. Cases Slow: Virus Update
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U.S. schools should maintain mask requirements at least through the end of the academic year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Singapore tightened travel with Taiwan after cases jumped in the two Asian nations that had been pandemic success stories.
Businesses from Walt Disney Co.’s theme park in Florida to Walmart Inc. have loosened their mask requirements after the CDC’s Thursday announcement. Governor Andrew Cuomo said that more than half of New Yorkers 18 years and older are now fully vaccinated.
Covid has killed more than 1,000 bank employees in India, which has declared banking services essential even as the disease ravages the country, a key industry body said.
U.S. schools should maintain mask requirements at least through the end of the academic year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Singapore plans to vaccinate children under 16 after a spike in cases among students.
Italy Vaccinations Accelerate; EU Mulls Covid Pass: Virus Update Bloomberg 1 hr ago
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Italy’s vaccination campaign is gathering speed. The country is considering the possibility of letting citizens get second shots while on holiday, a step that would also help its battered tourism industry get back on its feet.
A sharp decline in Covid-19 cases in Turkey is also offering a glimmer of hope for its summer tourist season.
The European Union may adopt a Covid health document that would allow people to prove they’ve been vaccinated, tested or recovered from the virus to speed travel and facilitate larger public gatherings, a French official said.
Singapore Closes Schools; Amazon Aids India: Virus Update Bloomberg 1 hr ago
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Singapore plans to close public schools this week and move to home-based learning, as a spike in unlinked cases poses the biggest challenge since last year in the city’s efforts to tackle the pandemic.
Amazon.com Inc. and one of India’s largest renewable energy companies are boosting supplies of oxygen concentrators to the country in desperate need of the life-saving medical equipment as a brutal second wave of Covid-19 infections sweeps through its towns and cities.
The U.S.’s rolling one-week average of new virus cases fell to the lowest level since June.
Germany’s contagion rate fell further below a key threshold on Saturday, making it more likely that pandemic restrictions will ease in coming days as a third wave of the coronavirus recedes.